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title: "2 Love Photography Quotes By Laurel Nakadate"
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> [What I love about photography is that nothing is really as it seems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/what-i-love-about-photography-is-that-nothing-is-really-as-it-seems/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

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> [Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a place where my imagination meets my experience. What I love about photography is that nothing is really as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/although-i-get-a-lot-of-ideas-from-things-that-have-happened-in-my/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

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## More by Laurel Nakadate

> [The amazing thing is that we live our lives with the hope that things will go right, that things will happen. And all along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/the-amazing-thing-is-that-we-live-our-lives-with-the-hope-that-things/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Well, my intention is to make work about being uncomfortable. About being in a world that isn't always the world you want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/well-my-intention-is-to-make-work-about-being-uncomfortable-about/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Humans like to look. I think that voyeurism and exploitation are often used in the same sentence. But, in my opinion, voyeurism is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/humans-like-to-look-i-think-that-voyeurism-and-exploitation-are-often/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [I won't look it in the eye. As soon as I do, I get scared. You gotta walk the plank at some point, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/i-won-t-look-it-in-the-eye-as-soon-as-i-do-i-get-scared-you-gotta/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/i-m-interested-in-that-hybrid-the-place-between-the-real-world-and-my/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Tenderness and lust are just immature little brothers of love. Yes of course it was lust... but I'm not sure how evolved or resolved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/tenderness-and-lust-are-just-immature-little-brothers-of-love-yes-of/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [I'm always afraid going into strange places, but I also choose carefully and listen to my instincts. These were men I could trust. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/i-m-always-afraid-going-into-strange-places-but-i-also-choose/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [I feel like the men who end up in my videos, their biggest crime is being lonely. They're not violent, they're not scary people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/i-feel-like-the-men-who-end-up-in-my-videos-their-biggest-crime-is/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Death is sad, yes, but there are some great laughs you can find there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/death-is-sad-yes-but-there-are-some-great-laughs-you-can-find-there/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [The act of looking is brave. Especially if you look at things you can't handle. I think that most people do not look. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/the-act-of-looking-is-brave-especially-if-you-look-at-things-you-can/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [I've always seen my work as trying to make the connection with men who no one really spends time with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/i-ve-always-seen-my-work-as-trying-to-make-the-connection-with-men/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [It's always a problem - you've got to figure out a place to put your body. You've got to wake up in the morning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/it-s-always-a-problem-you-ve-got-to-figure-out-a-place-to-put-your/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [ \[Photography\] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/photography-ties-back-into-this-feeling-of-wanting-to-watch-things/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Sometimes, photographs live in our hearts as unborn ghosts and we survive not because their shadows find permanence there, but because that thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/sometimes-photographs-live-in-our-hearts-as-unborn-ghosts-and-we/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

> [Things might not get better but they might not get worse. There's something sort of beautiful about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-nakadate/things-might-not-get-better-but-they-might-not-get-worse-there-s/)

[Laurel Nakadate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-nakadate/)

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